I’m new to the game but this is shit and made my head hurt trying to read

Some practical founder advice that has been really useful for myself: when trying to do something hard over long time horizons, separate out the (1) ideation / vision planning work from (2) the actual execution work. In practical terms, this could mean sitting down with a paper calendar and thinking deeply about what are the things over the next 3, 6, 18 months you’re trying to accomplish and on what specific dates are you are trying to accomplish them by. Write them down, mark dates, be specific, etc. When you are done, hang it by your desk and be done. You’re not allowed to add or remove, make changes to, or re evaluate your calendar until 1, 3, 6 months down the road. Now that you’ve set out this thing in which you have deep conviction and passion for - and made it so that you know in your heart of hearts that working on these things will be a good use of your time, you can move on to the execution stage. Look at your first 1,2,3 weeks of the calendar. What on it? What big project, goal, or initiative do you see? I.e. ship this product, hire for this role, hit this revenue goal, etc. Go to Home Depot and get a 4’x8’ wall panel for $13 that can double as a white board, and write the big initiative or goal in the top left corner. Next along the top of the white board, you’re going to make 5 columns from left to right, ICE BOX, EMERGENCY, IN-PROGRESS, TESTING, and COMPLETE. Now down the left side of the board you are going to make 3-5 row. These are the sub categories that are a breakdown of your larger goal written in the top left corner of the board. If making a physical product is your goal, the rows might be hardware, software, sourcing, integration, etc. with your board ready to go, sit down with post it notes and a fine tip sharpie. Write down all the individual tasks you need to do first for your sub categories of hardware, software, sourcing, and integration. Write tasks, stick them on the board until your first column “ICE BOX” literally can’t fit another post it note. Now the real work begins. You get to your desk the next day and you pull 3,5,10 post its off the board and thats your to do list for the day. As you execute your post-it note tasks you move them along to the next column progress, testing, complete,etc. when space in your ice box column clears out, keep adding the next set of tasks that you know needs to get done for each sub category. You just need to move enough fucking post it notes from left to right in order to accomplish LITERALLY ANYTHING, and I don’t mean that hyperbolically. BY SEPARATING THE IDEATION /VISION SETTING TASK FROM THE EXECUTION LAYER, YOU DON’T ALLOW YOURSELF TO CONFLATE THE RAW MERITS OF AN IDEA WITH THE EXECUTION DIFFICULTY OF THE TASK. This is important to not be a pussy and actually do things that can change the world.